PREVIOUS THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY August 4 2008 to August 10 2008 Monday August 4 Away Today Although Jonathan is away today, you can still hear his fascinating, four-minute spoken forecast for the week ahead via our 5 Star Service. Today's written forecasts have been prepared by his colleague Steve Judd, who is an expert in cultural astronomy and astrology. Tuesday August 5 Taking a break Before he went on his brief break, Jonathan recorded you a full in-depth spoken forecast. So, although you can't read a forecast from him today, you can still listen to one! Meanwhile your daily forecasts are written by Steve Judd, a specialist in cultural astronomy and astrology. Wednesday August 6 Gone Today, Here Tomorrow Jonathan will be back tomorrow. Before he went on his brief break, Jonathan recorded you a full in-depth spoken forecast. So, although you can't read a forecast from him today, you can still listen to one! Meanwhile your daily forecasts are written by Steve Judd, a specialist in cultural astronomy and astrology. Thursday August 7 Jonathan Returns I'm back. Many thanks to Steve Judd for sitting in. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and the Moon are all now visible in the night sky. The Sun, as usual, is up every day! So that's all seven traditional moving lights, where we can see them, when we'd expect to see them. That's not always the way. Often, many planets are hidden because they are up in the day when the Sun's light shines so brightly that it 'drowns out' all else. There is something sweetly symbolic about the current alignment. It's as if the whole of our planet Earth is about to be blessed by some wonderful new development. Friday August 8 It's Not Easy Being Green? I have just returned from a festival where every single stall and sideshow made a commitment to run entirely on energy from the wind or sun. Between us, we pooled solar panels, wind turbines and batteries to drive computers, amplifiers and lights. We even just about managed to sustain the cafe that turned up with an electric deep freeze! (They'll be using gas fridges next year). But I now know even more about how a less pollution-causing, resource-draining world can eventually be created. And I am even more confident that a cleaner, greener future lies ahead for us all! Saturday August 9 Your Weekend One eclipse behind us, the other in front. The Earth, Sun and Moon remain in alignment. By the end of the week, a giant needle in space could skewer all three like tomatoes on a kebab. Not that I am predicting any such thing. I certainly foresee no great disaster. It is, though, an appropriate time to remember that there are more mysteries in Heaven and on Earth than any of us will ever unravel. Be grateful for whatever, in your life now, is paradoxical. That's the area of your world in which, if you go beyond fear, prejudice or denial, real magic can be made to happen. Back to Index   Click here for Jonathan Cainer's Daily Zodiac Forecasts